seatbelts

Seatbelt ignorance causing injuries

Despite the fact that it is now over 30 years since wearing seatbelts in the front seats of vehicles was made compulsory (1983), and 23 years since it became law for rear seat passengers to belt up, failing to wear a seatbelt is still one of the primary contributors to sustaining injury in a collision.

Of the “Fatal Four” main causes of serious injuries and deaths on the region’s roads...